Online Backup Mozy Products reviewed Web Hosting

We (The Web Hosting Resource Kit) have mentioned the importance of online backups on several occasions. Today we are going to take a closer look at one of the best online storage providers out there: Mozy.com. Mozy is a well established company with some excellent products. They grew from a simple online backup provider to an online storage solution provider serving consumers as well as large enterprises. If you are not familiar with online storage solutions and what's the deal about them, please review these articles here and here.

Mozy offers online backup solutions for home, business, and enterprise environments to fit your various needs. We compared the features of each plan so that you can easily decide which solution might be best for you:

	MozyHome	MozyPro	MozyEnterprise
Ease of Use
Activation - simple
Automatic or scheduled backup
Bandwidth throttling
Features/Performance
Open/locked file support
Block level incremental backups
Version (snapshot) support
In-Client snapshot restore
In-Windows snapshot restore
Web-based snapshot restore
OEM version available
Backs up SQL, Exchange, and file servers
Storage pooling
Network share and mapped drive support
Supported Platforms
Windows Vista, XP, 2000
Windows Server 2003, 2000
Mac OS X 10.4 and later
Administration
Custom your-company.mozypro.com domain
Centralized administration
Centralized backup configuration/scheduling
Centralized client version/update controls
Sub-administration/department controls
Security
128-bit SSL encryption
448-bit Blowfish on-disk encryption
Private encryption key option
HTTPS proxy support
Support
Email Support
Centralized billing/support
Phone support - 24/7
Guaranteed 15-minute response time .
Activation - assisted
Activation - auto
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Mozy is covering quite some areas with these 3 products. We specifically liked how each product is tailored to different needs and different budgets. That assures that you do not have to pay for features you would never use. Our own experience with different backup solutions gives us confidence in what we are seeing being delivered by Mozy. If you are not sure you want to buy in one of their low cost online backup plans right away, try the free 2 GB Backup plan. This is a very simple plan that let's you test drive the service for free.

Conclusion: We are big fans of online backups. Mozy is one of our favorites due the low pricing and the great features they offer. The 24/7/365 phone support is above industry standards and pretty much shows how passionate they are about providing a worldclass product.

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